certainly,
someone somehow has to operate relays. The cost of operating relays must be settled somehow (i.e., paid relays)
If the relay operator were to use a non-censorship-resistant money + payment rail, the funding of that relay is *subject* to the approval of whoever can censor that money or those transactions.
Say a relay operator were to take USDC as payment: the US government could instantly shutdown that relay by knocking on the issuer of USDC and blocking those funds.
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npub1l2…tajft
2023-02-26 06:22:19
in reply to nevent1q…pr53
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2023-02-26 06:22:19Event JSON
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